Jill Scott (footballer)
Jill Louise Scott MBE (born 2 February 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. The FIFA technical report into the 2011 Women's World Cup described Scott as one of England's four outstanding players; "[an] energetic, ball-winning midfielder who organises the team well, works hard at both ends of the pitch and can change her team's angle of attack."
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| Full name | Jill Louise Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Sunderland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Everton | 114 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Manchester City | 111 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Everton (loan) | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Aston Villa (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 243 | (42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2022 | England | 161 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2021 | Great Britain | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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At 5 feet 11 inches (1.81 m), Scott is nicknamed "Crouchy" after male international footballer Peter Crouch, who towers over his fellow players to a similar degree. After leaving hometown club Sunderland for Everton in 2006, she contributed to the Blues' FA Women's Premier League Cup win in 2008 and FA Women's Cup victory in 2010. With Manchester City, she won the FA WSL in 2016 and is a three-time winner of the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup. On the individual level, Scott was voted 2008 FA Players' Player of the Year and 2011 FA International Player of the Year.
Following her retirement from football in 2022, Scott went on to win the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and was crowned "Queen of the Jungle".